Jim McDermott

Yesterday the New York Times reported that a number of news staffs particularly CBS might call the election as early as 8pm Given the swing state polls that were closed by that time the CBS news staff reportedly was speculating that by then it might have all the information it needed On MSNBC

OurVoteLive org has an ongoing tally of voter problems nbsp So far 33 545 reports have been made since Election Day began nbsp

I suspect many of us will be compulsively checking the polls today nbsp If you re looking for a little variety laughter or inspiration I ve put up heaps of great political videos from the last 2 years here including many of Obama s great speeches nbsp nbsp Enjoy nbsp

As part of the Year of St Paul America has produced a short comedy sketch about two teenagers in ancient Corinth who do a cable access TV show in which they interview Sts Paul and Peter about who is more Christian nbsp It s our first effort at a sketch-type piece and it stars our very own Re

I was reminded at mass last evening that yesterday Monday was the 50th anniversary of the election of Pope John XXIII and also the 50th anniversary of the death of Fr Wilfrid Parsons SJ editor in chief of America Magazine from 1925-1936 nbsp Parsons was very involved with the creation of the

In recent days any number of media outlets have noted the attacks on Sarah Palin and John McCain coming from noted intellectuals within the Republican Party such as David Brooks and Peggy Noonan Some have argued that this is yet another sign of the campaign s disarray nbsp William Kristol at t

Last night John Oliver at the Daily Show did interviews nbsp with participants at both a McCain rally and an Obama rally about the other candidate nbsp It s really quite striking — the participants use very similar common language present some of the same basic fears only Obama gets to be a

As of yesterday there s a new Catholic news website available It s called CathNewsUSA CathNews gathers stories on Catholic issues in the U S from both Catholic sources such as Catholic News Service and Catholic News Agency and secular sources such as Newsweek USA Today and Foreign Policy